Quantum computation and quantum simulation with ultracold molecules

SL Cornish, MR Tarbutt, KRA Hazzard - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Ultracold molecules confined in optical lattices or tweezer traps can be used to process
quantum information and simulate the behaviour of many-body quantum systems. Molecules …

Cold trapped molecular ions and hybrid platforms for ions and neutral particles

M Deiß, S Willitsch, J Hecker Denschlag - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Recent years have seen the emergence of a new generation of collision and cold-chemistry
experiments in which cold atoms and ions are brought into contact in a controlled way in …

Enhanced quantum control of individual ultracold molecules using optical tweezer arrays

DK Ruttley, A Guttridge, TR Hepworth, SL Cornish - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
Control over the quantum states of individual molecules is crucial in the quest to harness
their rich internal structure and dipolar interactions for applications in quantum science. In …

Formation of deeply bound polar molecules combining pump-dump pulses with infrared radiation

EF de Lima - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
We consider the formation of cold ground-state polar molecules in a low vibrational level by
laser fields. Starting from a pair of cold colliding atoms of dissimilar species, we propose a …

Imaging Resonance Effects in C + H2 Collisions Using a Zeeman Decelerator

V Plomp, XD Wang, J Kłos, PJ Dagdigian… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
An intriguing phenomenon in molecular collisions is the occurrence of scattering
resonances, which originate from bound and quasi-bound states supported by the …

Rotational-state dependence of interactions between polar molecules

EF Walraven, T Karman - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
The long-range electrostatic interactions between molecules depend strongly on their
relative orientation, which manifests as a rotational-state dependence. Interactions between …

A neural network potential energy surface of the Li 3 system and quantum dynamics studies for the 7 Li+ 6 Li 2→ 6 Li 7 Li+ 6 Li reaction

J Zhang, B Buren, Y Li - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A high-precision global potential energy surface (PES) of the Li3 system is constructed
based on high-level ab initio calculations, and the root-mean-square error is 5.54 cm− 1 …

Quasi-integrability and nonlinear resonances in cold atoms under modulation

R Gupta, M Jain, SR Jain - Royal Society Open Science, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Quantum dynamics of a collection of atoms subjected to phase modulation has been
carefully revisited. We present an exact analysis of the evolution of a two-level system …

Quantum chemical calculations of electron affinities of alkaline earth metal atoms (Ca, Sr, Ba, and Ra)

E Park, J Park, I Kim, J Kim, W Seo… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We performed high-level ab initio quantum chemical calculations, incorporating higher-order
excitations, spin–orbit coupling (SOC), and the Gaunt interaction, to calculate the electron …

Quantum Computing in Pharmaceutical Science

B Yingngam - Applications and Principles of Quantum Computing, 2024 - igi-global.com
In the field of pharmaceutical science, there is an increasing demand for advanced
computational techniques to enhance drug discovery and understand complex molecular …